SIIA announces six figure piracy settlement
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), a trade group for software and digital content companies, has announced a six-figure settlement with a US company accused of software piracy.
SIIA said Creative Edge of Iowa installed and used multiple copies of software from several companies, including Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Nero, and Symantec, without proper licenses. After SIIA leveled the accusations, the company audited itself, reported the results to SIIA, and agreed to the settlement.
In recent months, the Business Software Alliance has undertaken an increasing number of actions against companies falling foul of software licensing laws, but this news from the SIIA shows that firms have more than one licensing watchdog be beware of.
